New Island Adventures and Quirks keep life interesting

Well we have been here about 5 days now and are out and about trying to get things done. Getting things done and island life are contrary forces that colide in amusing ways. Let me share a few of the fun things that we have encountered.

Garbage cans, everyone needs em, most people have them. Trying to find one in Roatan is like looking for Jimmy Hoffa. After trying all 4 hardware stores on the island in search of a grande basuro plastico (big plastic trashcan) for the outside of our house we realized they are not readily available. As I looked around I saw that many people had the 55 gallon trash cans and many more people had big blue plastic barrels with the tops cut off. So I started looking for the blue plastic barrel. I found one and it was over $40 US, I chose to keep looking. After a day had went by and the garbage from our house grew and my gardner asked again about the basuro plastico I did what any american should do. Get a local to help me. My friend Tyronne located a plastic barrel for $25 and cut the lid off for me after he got off work last night. Problem solved yes; lesson learned on getting my own can in the future not exactly.

Loaf bread was another thing we recently ran out of. So on our trip to the grocery store yesterday we were frustrated to find no Bimbo (that is the local brand of sliced white bread). Well we will try again later this week as they told us they ran out due to the picknicking going on from Easter weekend.

Napping is another interesting topic. As you can imagine it is very hot here. After lunch in this climate people take a siesta. The places I have seen siestas happening already are pretty awsome. If your job is to chop weeds on the side of the road and its time for your break you take a nap on the side of the road. If your a lady cleaning up at a construction site and its siesta hora then you sleep in the hallway of the new hotel our friend is building. Nothing like walking around the corner when your getting the tour of the new property and seeing a lady face down on the freshly swept tile catching a few ZZZ's at noon time. All in all I totally agree and am going to embrace Siestas.

We find the differences and challenges fun and entertaining and will keep you posted as we see more of em.

Mike and Cindy